Foot-rest for chairs.



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HOMA `F.' KELLY, oF onllrrou, 1oW`,kfAs's1GNoR fro'JfA. rientra Il\BRos...,.-vo1eLiNTorL Iowa, A noareaATIoNQoF ,1owA.,'

, To 4alll nih/ 0m it mag/concern."

. Be' irknown that I, 'rHdMASF-- KELLY, a, i1-.if

@en of theUnited States, residing atQlinton, 1n the county of Clintonand State of Iowa,

have. inventednew and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests for Chairs', ofwhich the following is a specification.

i Vof a slide.

This invention relates to foot rests for chairs; and the object of theinvention is to provide a simple and' effective article of thischaracter, so combined with the chair that when not in use it may beintroduced within'the chair-frame-for example, at the seat portionthereof-through an opening in such frame, which opening, when the saidfoot-rest is in the frame, is covered by a flap or door in order to hidethe vfoot-'rest and its carrier, which latter may be inexpensively madein the form When the slide with its foot-rest is 'introduced into thechair-frame and the door in questionis down, said frame will prel`'.sentthe effect of a solidlstructure.

. the opening, presents at the front of the chair `-tracted position,

' user,

It has been proposed to slide a foot-rest carrier into and out of aseat-frame, thel foot-l rest, when the carrier therefor is in itsreserving to cover the opening in the seat-frame through which saidcarrier moves. This construction, however, is objectionable, owing tothe fact that as the footrest is subjected to wear, it, when covering adecidedly had appearance. I overcome this defect, as Ido not utilizerthe rest to cover the opening, but use a separate part, which part-does not come in contact with the feet of the so that no matter to whatextent my foot-rest may be worn the wear will not show when 'thefoot-rest is housed within the chairframe.

I have selected for illustrationin the accompanying drawings oneconvenient adaptation of the invention, which I will set forth `atlength in the following description; but I do not, of course, limitmyself to the exact showing thus made, for certain variations as toseveral points may be adopted within the scope of my claim.

" Referring vto the drawings, Figure 1 is -a perspective View of` afoot-rest including my invention, the footrest being shown in itsadvanced position. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, the section beingtaken from the front to the rear of the chair and the foot-rest beingshown ashoused1 4 an opening in the chair equipped with a ing adapted tooccupy Fo'oT-REST. FoRLCHAlRs. y

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"within the seat-frame, and 'thedoor or flap vfor the opening of saidframe being closed vto hide. said frame. e

- Like character-s refer to like parts throughout the several figures ofthe drawings.- i

kMy invention may beincorporated in chairs of any kind', ain'd whileIShall hereinafter describe the foot-.restand its carrier'as adapted to be housed or inclosedbv the seatlfra'me this is not essentiahforfthev-Vreason' that 4such parts may be inclosed when not in use by any otherpart of the chair-frame.

Referring now to the drawinfrsl have show n therein a chair of theso-called Morris type, and the same involvea in its make-up a seatframe,as 2, which may-.be of any desirable shape and covered or upholstered tosuit individual tastes. The foot-rest is denoted by 3 and is located atthe forward side of and joins the parallel sliding barsv4 inthe natureof a carrier for said foot-rest. The foot-rest itself may be of anydesirablecoristruction and may be upholstered to har i iZe with the restofthe chair. The foot es with the parallel side bars 4, presents a sru'cture tha is approximately of yoke form. l

stantially rectangular, and its yide bars are equipped withinwardly-extending ledges or ra-ils 5, upon which the parallel bars 4are adapted to slide as the foot-rest 3 is moved toward its workingposition or pushed backward to be housed within the seat-frame. At therear ends and upper sides of the parallel bars 4 I fasten'bloc ks, as 6,the tops of which as the bars are slid backward and forward are adaptedto traverse ledges, as 7, extending horizontally along the top of theside bars of the seat-frame and in parallelism with the ledges 5. Bythis construction the foot-rest frame composed of the parallel bars 4 isproperly guided into and out of the seat through forward' side of saidseatframe.

rIhe opening in the forward side of the seatframe 2 is furnished with adoor 8, hinged along its upper edge in some suitable manner to suchseat-frame, the door when closed besubstantially a vertical position. Tofacilitate the removal of the foot-rest from within the seat-frame, suchfoot-rest is equipped with a pull-piece or loop, as 9.

-- Normally or when the foot-rest is not in 8o The seat-frame 2 isillustrated as being subuse said foot-rest, with its carrier,` isinclosed being closed, so that such seat-frame presents,.-

-necessary to use the foot-rest, the door 8`will by the seat-frame2;'the door 8 at this time in'eilect, a solid structure. When it becomesbe'opened to reach tlfe loop' or pull-piece 9, at which time thefoot-rest can be drawn out of. the said seat-frame, the parallel bars 4'traveling along the ledges 5, while the upper sides of the blocks 6traverse the corresponding ledges 7. 'Io-.introduce the foot-rest intothe seat-frame, the reverse procedure will be adopted.

Having` thus described theinvention, what I claim is- Y. V

The combination of'a box-like chair-frame having an openingin its front,a Vslide 'sup. ported by the bottom of said frame and consisting ofparallel si/dtefdbars, a foot-rest con- .Y nected said side bai-sixtVtheir forward ends 2 door hingedly carried by the front side vof saidy25 frame above said bars and adapted vto'cl'ose said opening when thefoot-rest andv bars are housed inthe frale andadapte'd tobe lupheld bythe bars when the foot-rest-is'advancedf; to a pointinmntoLthe'r-djQr'jr :A 3o Intest-imonyiyvhreoi' have hereunto set myhandinpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS F. KELLY.`

Witnesses:

J. A. LUBBER FRANK LAWLER.

